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A new-look ACT government rates assessment notice, issued last year, which displayed the full year's bill in a box labelled "PLEASE PAY NOW".

ACT government works to re-design 'confusing' rates assessment notices

New-look rates notices issued last year made it appear as though the full year's bill had to be paid at once, rather than in instalments.

  • Blake Foden

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Commercial property owners have been hit hard by recent rates rises.

Canberra's tax reform exposed huge flaw in system

A parliamentary committee even went so far as to call for compensation for some property owners.

  • Katie Burgess
Hundreds of blocks throughout Canberra are subject to different planning rules because of the bizarre granny flat loophole.

Land valuation objections on the rise

Some people have had to wait 274 days for their complaint to be dealt with, ACT Opposition leader Alistair Coe said.

  • Katie Burgess
Under the new CTP, anyone injured in a motor vehicle crash can access up to five years' of paid medical treatment and care, regardless of fault.

Projected CTP savings fall under amended scheme

Canberrans could save as little as $14 on the new model of compulsory third party insurance, after changes to the draft legislation.

  • Katie Burgess
Chief Minister and Treasurer Andrew Barr. The ACT government has promised to fix any unintended consequences of the vacancy tax extension.

How buyers caught in land tax fallout can apply for a waiver

The ACT Revenue Office will stop sending overdue notices to buyers who may have been unfairly slugged for land tax.

  • Katie Burgess
Susan Proctor's commercial rates are 10 times higher than her neighbouring residential building.

'Tired', 'outdated' Manuka under pressure from rising rates

The Manuka Business Association said the rising charges, coupled with a lack of government investment, has led to the erosion of the shopping precinct.

  • Katie Burgess
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First home buyers who bought off the plan apartments have been charged a vacancy tax if their settlement dragged into a new quarter.

Government vows to fix 'unintended consequences' of vacancy tax

The changes led to off-the-plan buyers being charged hundreds of dollars for their properties being empty before they took possession.

  • Katie Burgess
Should commercial rates be apportioned in Canberra? A parliamentary committee has been told it would be a fairer way of taxing mixed-use developments.

'Simplistic' rates system discouraging mixed-use development

The ACT's tax laws have failed to keep up with modern developments, a parliamentary inquiry has heard.

  • Katie Burgess
Evri Group finance manager George Cassimatis said tenant the ACT Valuation Office quadrupled the value of their block, leading to a huge increase in their rates bill.

ACT Valuation Office raised own landlord's rates bill to $1.4 million

The Evri Group put off a planned redevelopment to extend the office's lease until its new headquarters in Civic were built. Here's how the favour was repaid.

  • Katie Burgess
A truck backs up along an easement adjoining Karen Paxton's small business in Fyshwick. The valuation on her block went up 300% in 2016-17, affecting her business.

Fyshwick business faced huge rate rise on 'sitting duck' land

A small-business owner in Fyshwick was hit with a valuation rise upwards of 300 per cent in a single year on a block of land she describes as a "sitting duck".

  • Daniel Burdon and Katie Burgess

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